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" Generally speaking," says Story, " the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made, unless it is to be performed in another country; for, as we shall presently see, in the latter case, the law of the place of performance... "
Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic,: In Regard to ... - Page 317
by Joseph Story - 1841 - 927 pages
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American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, Volumes 7-8

Bibliography, National - 1866 - 718 pages
...the placa where it is made," etc. Now, this is both erroneons and inadequate. The true rule is that the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made and is to lie executed, Irat when it is made in one place ami is to be execnted in another,...
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American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, Volumes 7-8

Bibliography, National - 1866 - 742 pages
...present purpose. On page 86 it is said, " the general law of contracts is that the validity of every contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made," etc. Now, this is both erroneous and inadequate. The true rule is that the validity of...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 24

Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...same reprobation when brought before our courts for enforcement. The general rule undoubtedly is that the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made, unless it is to be performed iu another country ; but to this, as to all general rules,...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 24

Law - 1881 - 572 pages
...same reprobation when brought before our courts for enforcement. The general rule undoubtedly is that the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made, unless it is to be performed iu another country ; but to this, as to all general rules,...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 34

Law - 1887 - 542 pages
...citizens of that State, who entered into it expecting it to stand or fall according to the laws there. Generally speaking, the validity of a contract is to be decided by the laws of the place where it was made; but to this rule there are said to be exceptions. No people are...
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The American Law Register, Volume 11; Volume 20

Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...it finds them. Chitty on Contracts 731 ; Bayley v. Taker, 5 Mass. 286 ; Roby v. West, 4 NH 285. But, generally speaking, the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it was made, unless it was agreed, either expressly or by tacit implication, that it should be performed...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of ..., Volume 4

Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 640 pages
...different doctrine, viz. : that the lex loci contractus is to govern." Again in Sec. 242, he says : " Generally speaking, the validity of a contract is to be decided by the law of the place where it is made." And, again, in Sec. 263, ho says, " that the law of the place of the contract is to govern...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 63

Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 1024 pages
...not be enforced. It is a general rule that the validity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the place . where it is made. If valid there, it is by the law of nations held valid everywhere. The exceptions to this rule are found in those cases in which...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 12

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 820 pages
...not be enforced. It ia a general rule that the validity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the place where it is made. If valid there, it is by the law of nations held valid everywhere. The exceptions to this rule are found in those cases in which...
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A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property: With References to the ...

Judah Philip Benjamin - Sales - 1877 - 984 pages
...said: " Generally speaking, the validity or invalidity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the place where it is made. If valid there, it is, by the general law of nations, held to be valid everywhere, by the tacit or implied consent of the parties ; if void or illegal there,...
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